Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
INFRASTRUCTURE SUMMIT, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, PPPs
RNZ: 'Public institutions' like schools and hospitals shouldn't be owned privately - Chris Hipkins
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon finds his happy place, courting investment to New Zealand (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Urgent but not desperate: Ministers make the big pitch to investors (paywalled)
Zane Small (Stuff): Luxon promotes NZ’s ‘stability’ to investors in bid for foreign cash to build roads, prisons
Herald Editorial: The Government has a lot riding on attracting foreign investors - can new initiatives deliver? (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Tiny triumphs, not a week of despair (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): What’s on the investment wish-list (paywalled)
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Infrastructure summit: Italian business among potential bidders for building Northland Expressway
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): ‘The Italians are coming back’ - European firm confirms bid to build Northland Expressway
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Nicola Willis talks 'deals' as investors step forward for Northland Expressway (paywalled)
Luke Malpass and Rob Stock (Post): Government could co-invest in gas projects, says Shane Jones (paywalled)
Herald: Christchurch Men’s Prison: Government plans $800m private sector partnership for overhaul
Patrick Reynolds (Greater Auckland): Government's Investment Summit
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): PM tells investors NZ is a safe haven in a volatile world
Maioha Panapa and Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao Māori News): “Iwi partnerships are our secret weapon” - Infrastructure Investment Summit 2025
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Fast-track early birds pass first hurdle, Jones warns officials against 'hobbling the process’ (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Documents reveal Nicola Willis had ferry paper ready to take to Cabinet (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Power to shed light on tax affairs of the wealthy may be snuffed out (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The companies not paying tax
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): IMF calls for Capital Gains Tax or land tax
Phil Smith (RNZ): A tough Budget preached in a revivalist tent
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Nicola Willis mulls upping KiwiSaver contributions as Treasury rings alarm bells over cost of ageing population (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): MPs concerned about cost of government pension scheme (paywalled)
RNZ: Cleaner hits out at Willis' plan to scrap Living Wage for new contracts
Greg Presland (Standard): Going for poverty: National’s new procurement rules
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: Who’s in charge? And what country is this?
Audrey Young (Herald): Andrew Bayly’s two-week holiday becomes three; school lunches flown in from Australia (paywalled)
Greg Dixon (Listener): How can Luxon sell NZ, if he can’t sell himself? (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Labour MP gets $53,000 pay cut for 'promotion'
PUBLIC SERVICE, WOKENESS
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Public Service integrity under Brian Roche
Russell Palmer (RNZ): What questions public servants are being asked in 'census' survey
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Winston Peters’ Battle Against The Phantom Legions Of The Woke
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Judith Collins ‘not aware’ of diversity quotas in public service after Winston Peters’ comments
Ella Henry (Post): The flap over DEI: woke, or just awake? (paywalled)
Barrie Saunders: Why are we recycling retirees?
Inside Government: Government agency complaints continue upward trend
HEALTH
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Health NZ launches review of conflict of interest concerns, after Stuff investigation
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Another ACC deputy chief exec stood down over alleged ‘inappropriate behaviour’
RNZ: Two ACC deputy chief executives stood down, under investigation
Victor Waters (RNZ): Cancer patient fights for fairer ACC compensation after botched surgery
Victor Waters (RNZ): Cancer patient who lost lung in botched surgery says health system 'owes him a new one'
Ian Powell (Newsroom): Brown’s surgery puts health system at increased risk
Rachel Thomas (Post): Yes minister, bowel cancer risk is the same at any age, but there’s a major caveat (paywalled)
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Doctors slam Government’s ‘pathetic response’ to bowel cancer prevention (paywalled)
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): ‘Sworn at, spat on and threatened’: how drunks treat ED doctors (paywalled)
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Leaking pipes, lack of floor water proofing to blame for power outage at Greenlane Clinical Centre
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): 'I'm looking forward to becoming a pharmacist' - new degree aims to combat staff shortages
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Whangārei District Council locked in a battle of wills with Ministry of Health over fluoridation
Waikato Times: Broaden breast screening age and use AI - study (paywalled)
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Iwi-Māori partnership unveils plan to boost health outcomes from Taumarunui to Whanganui
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Winston Peters in Washington: Defence spending and diplomacy crucial for NZ (paywalled)
RNZ: NZ might soon be in firing line for US tariffs in Trump's trade war - economist
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Christopher Luxon heads to India to pursue trade ties despite FTA hurdles
RNZ: New Zealand has not joined the 'coalition of the willing', Judith Collins says
RNZ: King Charles farewells sacked High Commissioner Phil Goff after Trump gaffe
Cherie Howie (Herald): Sacked UK High Commissioner Phil Goff farewells London as King Charles sends message
RNZ: China accuses New Zealand's top spy of spreading 'false information'
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): China proposes sending new Antarctic base via New Zealand (paywalled)
Talaia Mika (Cook Islands News): $12.9m approved for solar battery project, NZ confirms
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): Cook Islanders 'completely sucked in': Deep sea mining companies accused of infiltrating society
SCHOOL LUNCHES
Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: The cost of a meal that sticks in the throat
Peter Dunne: School Lunches Fiasco Shows What Happens When Social Policy Loses Focus
Sam Smith (Stuff): Huntly school the first to suspend David Seymour’s revamped lunch programme
RNZ: Ten percent of free school lunches not delivered on time
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT, CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Tex Edwards, Guy Grantham and James Dunn (Post): A $10 billion plan to reshape competition in New Zealand (paywalled)
Ernie Newman (Herald): Nicola Willis has the power to regulate supermarkets but will she? (paywalled)
Liu Chen (RNZ): Unions and employers divided over wage theft law
Neil Sands (Law News): Government to fast-track open banking legislation
Jenny Ruth: Will the same IT as Macquarie aid Kiwibank to be a maverick? (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Overseas online purchases likely to cost more after fee hike (paywalled)
Yinka Moses (Newsroom): Climate reporting cuts bad for business
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Thomas Manch, Harriet Laughton and Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Local Government Minister Simon Watts lukewarm on local election overhaul (paywalled)
RNZ: Mayors push for end to postal voting in local elections
Nick James (RNZ): Tory Whanau considered quitting Wellington mayoralty while 'humiliated'
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): ‘I don’t think he’s a nice person’: Whanau hits back at Luxon’s ‘lame-o’ comment
David Long (Stuff): ‘Wasting money’: Auckland Council's $390k mistake, Wayne Brown wants answers
Grant Miller (ODT): Councillor accused of misrepresenting issue (paywalled)
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Operation Trolley: Why Rotorua’s top cop says opposition worked
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): ECan braces for more consent headaches
RNZ: Dead possum in Woodville water supply leads to written warning for council employee
Neil Holdom (Post): A better idea than rates caps to tackle councils’ performance (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Hutt City Councillor, former Taita College principal runs for mayor (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Cutting grants ‘not the answer’ to funding pressures (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Glenn McConnell and Bridie Witton (Stuff): Winston Peters’ war on woke heads to the classroom as he’s compared to Donald Trump
Alex Casey (Spinoff): Schools ‘in limbo’ after removal of relationship and sexuality guidelines
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Relationship and sex ed guidelines removed by Education Ministry
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teens planning to go into trades deserve better deal from school system, career advisors say
Shannon Walsh (Herald): Resource teacher funding: You don’t fix an education system by tearing it apart
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Māori educators concerned by proposal to axe funding for resource teachers
Vincent Olsen-Reeder (Spinoff): Lost in translation: The real cost of a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum
Susana Suisuiki and Christina Persico (RNZ): Preparation course aims to support students in life, study, and culture
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: NZME’s biggest shareholder backs billionaire Jim Grenon’s bid for board cleanout; Willie Jackson loses broadcasting portfolio in Labour reshufle (paywalled)
Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): 'It's over, rover': Jim Grenon's NZME board siege gains minority support (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): More shots fired in NZME takeover attempt
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): NZME union members ask for meeting with the billionaire who wants to clear the board
ECONOMY, RESERVE BANK
Craig Renney: Growth and Green Shoots…
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Hawkesby’s dilemma
RNZ: Otago retains top economic spot in ASB's rankings
HOUSING
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Renters face record pressure
RNZ: Auckland and Wellington renters paying less, new data shows
RNZ: Little change in housing market despite interest rate drops
Stuff: Summer 2025 marks flattest housing market performance in six years - QV
Greg Ninness (Interest): Housing stock for sale passes a 10-year high on Trade Me Property
Greg Ninness (Interest): House values remained flat over summer despite falling interest rates
MIGRATION
Liam Dann (Herald): Immigration: Kiwi brain drain has peaked despite another year of record departures
Greg Ninness (Interst): Current annual net migration gain of 32,500 is almost bang-on the long-term average
TRANSPORT
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Hundreds sign petition to keep busy stretch of Rotorua highway 80km/h
Emily Ireland (Stuff): Council hopes to get speed review over the line
Robin Martin (RNZ): Mt Messenger bypass blows budget, gets funding boost
ENVIRONMENT
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Academics call for urgent action on nitrate pollution
Adam Burns (RNZ): Half of the buildings in South Dunedin remain 'at risk' of flooding
Grant Miller (ODT): City’s fight or flight response to climate change could cost billions: report
WHANAU ORA
Herald: Te Puni Kokiri defends its decision to replace the existing Whānau Ora Commissioning agencies
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Whānau Ora changes puts decade of relationship building at risk - commissioning agency chair
CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE ATTACKS, FIREARMS
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Hate crime: The final terror attack reforms explained
RNZ: Christchurch mosque shootings: Community fears ongoing threat of another attack
RNZ: Muslim community fears more mass shootings if gun laws rolled back
CRIME, JUSTICE
Louis Collins (RNZ): Parliament brings electronically-monitored bail law into line with practice
RNZ: Police use dispersal notice to crack down on Head Hunters gang
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Destiny Church protesters fined for walking on Auckland motorway
1News: Twenty fined after flag protest blocked motorway
Cherie Howie (Herald): Destiny Church flag protest: Police fine protesters who performed haka on motorway
JACINDA ARDERN’S CHILDRENS BOOK
RNZ: Jacinda Ardern writes children's book about parenting while being prime minister
Emma Gleason (Herald): Jacinda Ardern has written a children’s book, Mum’s Busy Work, about parenting while Prime Minister
Poppy Clark (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern announces she's written a children's book
1News: Dame Jacinda Ardern writes children's book
